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Warpy

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2. Apparently one tells the church to cancel registration

Reply to deucemagnet (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 01:32 PM

Jul 2015

in Germany. I imagine similar registration is at the Protestant churches since there is a tax to pay for the privilege of being told one is going to hell once a week.

I know that even if I believed that crap, that would send me out the door.

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Mass exodus continues from German Catholic Church [View all] deucemagnet Jul 2015 OP

looks like you are officially enrolled at some stage uriel1972 Jul 2015 #1

Yes, you must have been posting as I was editing. deucemagnet Jul 2015 #3

Apparently one tells the church to cancel registration Warpy Jul 2015 #2

I think that you hit the nail on the head. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #4

so the ones who drop the registration could still go to church. AlbertCat Jul 2015 #6

I don't know...would it be a sin? Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #8

I wouldn't have thought there were that many Catholic Germans RussBLib Jul 2015 #5

Ben Franklin... onager Jul 2015 #7

Don't make it sound like so much fun Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #9

Sort of like sneaking into a strip club without paying the cover charge. AlbertCat Jul 2015 #10

Since the church tax is fully deductible it seems to me that government is subsidizing the churches LiberalAndProud Jul 2015 #11

And of course the catholic church will lie cheat and steal to get that money too. AtheistCrusader Jul 2015 #12